Wrongful Death

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Chicago wrongful death lawsuit filed over security at gas station where victim was shot

November 23, 2015

The mother of a woman who was shot to death at a Chicago gas station has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the business, claiming that lax security caused her daughter’s death. The lawsuit was filed…

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Chicago wrongful death lawsuit filed by estate of woman struck by train

November 18, 2015

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Metra by the family of a woman who was struck by a train and died in a 2012 collision in Chicago. The lawsuit was brought against Northeast Illinois…

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Illinois wrongful death lawsuit filed over blood thinning medication

November 6, 2015

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in federal court over a blood thinning medication. The lawsuit was filed against a number of corporations that are part of Bayer Corporation and Johnson & Johnson, the marketers and…

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Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Illinois nursing home

October 23, 2015

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against a Crestwood, Illinois, nursing home. Robert Hudson, a Chicago resident, filed the lawsuit against Symphony of Crestwood, alleging that the nursing home was responsible for his wife, Catherine Hudson,…

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Illinois Appellate Court adopts rule on statute of limitations in wrongful death suit

September 17, 2015

UPDATE: In 2016, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Appellate Court in Moon V. Rhode Like all personal injury cases, wrongful death claims must be filed within a certain period of time. The…

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Judge dismisses Illinois wrongful death lawsuit

September 3, 2015

An Illinois judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of a 21-year-old woman whose body was found in the apartment of a man she had dated. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed by Molly…

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Family files wrongful death lawsuit against medical scope manufacturer over deadly superbug infection

August 31, 2015

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a woman who died, allegedly from a drug-resistant superbug infection after being examined with a medical scope. The lawsuit was filed by the family of…

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New judge assigned in wrongful death lawsuit

August 14, 2015

A new judge has been assigned in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the father of an Illinois woman against her former boyfriend. According to court records, the case has been reassigned to Judge Chuck Grace,…

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“A code of silence”: Lawsuit filed over teen’s death at police hands in 2014

May 26, 2015

The mother of a teenager who was shot and killed by police on Chicago’s West Side has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the force. Roshad McIntosh was killed in August 2014. At a news…

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Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Chicago-area trucking company

May 25, 2015

A surviving relative of a woman and two children who died in a truck crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Marciela Ruiz has filed the suit on behalf of her three late family members, Elizabeth…

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